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  1.    Tlaker reacted to a post in a topic: NEWS: Pohlad Family Will Remain Principal Owners of Twins, with New Limited Partners Coming Aboard
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  11. Drew
    I've always been amongst the most forgiving Twins fans, the team was my first love and I had a hard time being critical of them even though they often deserved it. Long time season ticket holder (this season will be the first since 1986 where I didn't attend a game), I wear a Twins hat more often than I wear shoes, From 1987-1992 I would've traded my (very wonderful) dad for Kirby Puckett in a heartbeat. But when they sold after they finally won a playoff series it became so clear how dirty and cheap the Pohlad's truly have always been. The goal was never, and will never be, to win a World Series. It's to keep us chasing the least expensive carrot that they can find so that we think maybe next season is the season. I don't post often out here but I read quite a lot and I'll miss reading the thoughts of a good few of you. The Pohlad's don't like us, don't like the Twins and don't like baseball.
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  18. Drew
    In 1998 or 99 I was driving a 1968 Ford Falcon up one of those circular parking ramps in downtown Minneapolis at 5:45 in the morning. I was 22 and broke so I took a job managing a coffee shop and they paid for a parking spot. That morning, like every morning, I walked past my roommates in our rotten house on Knox Ave neighboring Cal Surf, while they smoked weed and played NFL Blitz. The difference this morning was that as I crested the ramp approaching the 4th floor my car died. I ran out of gas. I wasn't close enough to flat ground to push this beast of a car. So I had to back a car down that circular ramp, 4 floors, with no power steering. All this for 7.50 an hour. I don't really have a point other than I wish my dad would've been a billionaire so I could be a billionaire and own a team or two. I bet Mat Ishbia has never even parked in one of those parking ramps.
  19.    Drew reacted to a post in a topic: Twins Daily’s Top 20 Minnesota Twins Prospects: Nos. 15-11
  20. Drew
    The rotation depth is really concerning to me but I just keep telling myself that in 1987 after Viola and Blyleven we had Les Straker, Mike Smithson and Joe Niekro.
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    This is like when we'd go on a trip to my grandmas and my mom would say "let's stop for lunch" and instead of getting McDonalds we'd eat bologna sandwiches at a rest stop. Could be fun and exciting, instead we're eating mystery meat by a toilet.
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  26. Drew
    I thought he was pretty good and I have a feeling he'll be excellent with some time. I'd love he, Justin and Dick as our regular trio.
  27. Drew
    It's starting to feel like a pretty fun time to be a Twins fan.
  28. Drew
    Best as I can tell he's given up a hit in 6 of his 14 innings this year.
  29. Drew
    Dean Evason would bench Joey Gallo today in favor of Fleury. "That's what we do right? We bench good players for players that play an entirely different sport, right?" Oh no,, my bitterness spilled out everywhere, let me clean this up and I'll be on my way.
  30. Drew
    I remember in 1988 Kirby Puckett started with a .171/.190/.220 line through 42 plate appearances. I'm not entirely sure what my point is but baseball history is littered with slow starts by every level of player you can imagine. Trying to extrapolate that to anything other than a small sample size will very often make you look silly in hindsight. And sure, you can boo a player. You can also tell someone that you see on the street that you don't like their hat. You can do all sorts of things but the world gets to judge you for the things you do. Me, personally, I reserve booing my own teams players for when someone is doing something egregious like not running out a ground ball or when they put Pagan in a 2 run game. Not when someone is simply struggling despite their effort. That's like booing your mom when you don't like your Christmas present.
  31. Drew
    A few folks here judging a decision only by the outcome. That's a pretty incomplete way to look at any decision but especially a trade like this with so many unknown outcomes. If the Twins traded Byron Buxton, Jose Miranda, Carlos Correa and Royce Lewis for the Reds 25th ranked prospect that's a bad trade right? Of course. But what if the 25th player winds up being the second coming of Mike Trout? Is it suddenly a good trade? No, it was still a dumb trade and the Twins got incredibly lucky. If the Twins made the same trade above but instead of the 25th prospect being Mike Trout he's Junior Ortiz. BUT Buxton, Miranda, Correa and Lewis all get hurt for the Reds. Is it suddenly a win/win trade? Both teams essentially netted zero but this is still a dumb trade for the Twins. There are so many variables out of the control of teams and players I'm not sure what this proves. It seems best to judge a trade at the time of the trade and at the time of the trade most of us liked Mahle and most of us didn't peg Steer/CES as any significant part of the Twins future. I'd do the trade again today, honestly.
  32. Drew
    I'm a simple man. I like my beer cold, my women strong and my pitching rotations to not have Dylan Bundy or Chris Archer. I'm not sure either of those guys would make a 10 man starting rotation this year. For that alone I'd be excited, but I'm really thrilled with the way this team is put together virtually from top to bottom. I think they are in a great position to strike in the trade market if necessary too. It's easy to overreact in April but I am very encouraged.
  33. Drew
    You're allowed to have fun. It's one of my favorite things to do, is have fun. I urge everyone to try it.
  34. Drew
    Yep, I can already tell this will become my eye-rolling pet peeve this season. "Carlos "Injured Ankle?" Correa steps to the plate. He's hitting .281 with one good ankle, one bad ankle and 13 homeruns this year. Here's the pitch and he smokes one to left and Carlos and his bad ankle are on with a lead off single. Up comes Jorge Polanco but you have to wonder if Carlos will ever even make it to second base, that ankle could simply fall off at any moment. It's fair to ask if they'll just cut that leg off to get it over with. Aaaand it's 1-0 to Jorge who, by the way, has much better ankles than Carlos.."
  35. Drew
    I don't know, if I made AA 2 months after being drafted and had a 3 hit game I wouldn't really care what they looked like. And "hitting talent is very very overrated" is a surprising thing to read on a baseball forum.
  36. Drew
    I love this move, Mahle is a lot better than his perception. I preferred him to Montas and think he was about even with Castillo. Absolutely awesome deadline so far, I hope they're not done. Go get Joc Pederson and one more reliever.
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